霊魂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
霊	魂
れい Grade: S	こん Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spelling
靈魂 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 靈魂 (MC leng hwon).

First cited to the 康頼宝物集 (Yasuyori Hōbutsu-shū) of roughly 1179.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) れーこん [réꜜèkòǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːkõ̞ɴ]

Noun

霊(れい)魂(こん) • (reikon) 

1. [from circa 1179] the soul of a person or thing

   Synonyms: 魂 (tamashī), 魂魄 (konpaku), 魄霊 (hakurei)

2. [from circa 1220] a ghost, a shade, a phantom of someone who has died